Temporary DevOps/System Engineer (Sr.staff)

Job summary

This systems engineer administers infrastructure supporting operational and R&D environments, maintaining server availability, security, and performance across Linux and Windows systems, storage, virtualization, and network equipment. Responsibilities include deploying and patching systems, managing VMware and tools such as Jenkins, Git, LDAP, Ansible, and FlexLM, performing backups and security monitoring, and providing Tier III troubleshooting. The role also involves hardware installation and occasional after-hours or weekend support.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant experience; 7 or more years of Linux systems administration experience specified.
• Strong VMware administration and management skills, including Jenkins, Git, and DevOps tool administration.
• Linux administration experience with shell scripting, cron jobs, log analysis, user and group management, iptables, and mail services.
• Linux+ certification, RHCSA, or RHCE preferred.
• Network equipment management experience; Cisco preferred.
• CompTIA Security+ (SY0-301), another DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II-compliant certification, or equivalent experience required.
• Familiarity with reverse proxies, SSL certificates, three-tier architecture, service-oriented architecture, enterprise service buses, HTTP, and browser differences.
• Ability to multitask, work independently, and communicate professionally with technical and nontechnical personnel.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and move servers between data centers, colocation facilities, and labs.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and administer systems for infrastructure, operational, and R&D needs.
• Install and rebuild servers; configure hardware, services, directories, and storage.
• Install and configure infrastructure systems, virtualization platforms, and network equipment.
• Develop and maintain installation, configuration, and system standards.
• Configure and maintain storage equipment and coordinate troubleshooting with vendors.
• Install and troubleshoot EDA tools and FlexLM licenses.
• Maintain system security posture and install security patches.
• Monitor system health, availability, logs, scheduled jobs, and security events.
• Perform backups, verify successful completion, and manage archival and media rotation.
• Provide Tier III support and troubleshoot hardware and software issues.
• Recover from system failures and communicate with affected users.
• Maintain or deploy Jira, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, and VMware environments.
• Apply operating system and administrative tool upgrades; configure services as needed.
• Tune performance, upgrade hardware, and optimize CPU, memory, and disk resources.
• Install or migrate servers, including rack-and-stack work.

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Contract length

Relocation